03/03/2014
South Africa: Trusts still on Treasury’s radar
Despite National Treasury’s silence on proposed changes to trust legislation in Wednesday’s Budget, a review is still firmly on the agenda
03/03/2014
Ghana loses about $1.2 billion annually as a result of tax incentives, which are offered to major foreign companies operating in the country.
02/27/2014
South Africa: Income tax hikes unlikely - Old Mutual Wealth's Chief Investment Strategist
Old Mutual Wealth's Chief Investment Strategist, Dave Mohr, says he expects Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to hike income taxes.
02/21/2014
South Africa: Is it time for a wealth tax?
With Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's National Budget Announcement 2014 just a week away, one has to wonder whether he will consider instituting a wealth tax in an attempt to increase revenue collection.
02/18/2014
Moroccan Finance Minister Boussaid has made clear to the country's Chamber of Councillors that the problem of capital flight abroad is not as widespread as initially feared,
02/06/2014
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday sealed off the Lagos Office of the Media Trust Ltd., publishers of the Daily Trust newspapers, over alleged refusal to remit N5.6 million tax.
02/03/2014
Krok judgment provides strong legal basis.
01/31/2014
Operatives of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has shut down seven companies for failing to remit N58.8 million personal income taxes of workers to government.
01/30/2014
Deloitte has pipped rival PwC to become the world's top accountant by revenue in the face of rising pressure on fees and new rules boosting competition, a global survey showed.
01/30/2014
Guernsey has completed two further bilateral Double Taxation Arrangements (DTAs).
01/27/2014
Forget FATCA – GATCA’s on the way, warns tax expert
The European Union has hinted moves are afoot for an EU FACTA to include all 28 nations belonging to the union.
01/22/2014
Executive intends to have cooperative agreements with international institutions and organisations
01/22/2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional service firm, has opened its doors in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, with an academy that will bridge the existing gap in the accounting profession in the country.
01/22/2014
European countries feature high on the list of the nations with the world’s highest income tax rates
01/17/2014
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act will limit the risk of double taxation for hedge funds, but industry experts are concerned there is a risk that trading profits could still be taxed within funds.
01/17/2014
The expected wave of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) implementing the tax reporting and withholding procedures commonly associated with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has begun.
12/24/2013
Booz & Company's global partners have voted overwhelmingly to approve a combination with PwC.
12/23/2013
Miners who unearth gems in Sierra Leone are motivated to smuggle the stones out of the country in order to avoid having to pay a 15% tax on diamonds valued at over half a million dollars.
12/15/2013
The report further shows that between 1980 and 2009, Sub-Saharan Africa lost about $108 billion (Sh9.2 trillion) more in resources than North Africa did over the same period.
12/12/2013
Customers who went to transact businesses yesterday were left unattended to following the closure of banks by their respective managements in solidarity with others